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For Personal Use. Only Reproduce with Permission from the Lancet Summary of films containing characters with epilepsy and/or scenes with seizures Film (Release Date) Reference Year Country Genre Brief Synopsis 1900 15 1976 Italy Drama Set in Italy, this epic follows the lives of two boys from different social classes born on the same day, over the first half of the 20th Century. A prostitute experiences a seizure (Historical) sandwiched between a naked Gerard Depardieu and Robert DeNiro. A Matter of Life and Death 5 1946 UK Romantic An airman is shot down after donating his parachute to his friend. As his life hangs in the balance he tries to persuade the angels in the heavenly realm that he should (aka Stairway to Heaven) Comedy live. Each angel encounter is associated with a simple partial seizure (an olfactory sensation) and a complex partial seizure in the earthly realm. No mention of epilepsy is made throughout the film. A Wedding** 16 1978 USA Comedy On hearing bad news, a teenage boy has a seizure, but then recovers immediately once the misunderstanding has been resolved. John Considine, one of the film’s writers, has epilepsy. Black Hawk Down 17 2001 USA Action (War) Graphic war drama detailing a dangerous US mission in Somalia in 1993. While waiting in the hanger, during the build up to the vicious battle one of the soldiers has a seizure. This seizure is also documented in a factual account of the mission. Capitalismo Selvagem) 18 1993 Brazil Drama During the investigation of his company, a Brazilian journalist has an affair with the head of a wealthy mining corporation who has epilepsy and whose wife is presumed dead following an airplane crash. However, she is in fact alive and reappears much to the consternation of the couple. An unusual mix of satire, soap and ecological drama. Cleopatra 19 1963 USA Drama Julius Caesar’s “falling sickness” was epilepsy. Rex Harrison, as Caesar, has a generalised convulsion in the film. He was nominated for an academy award for this role Curse of the Living Corpse 20 1963 USA Horror A man who suffers catatonic seizures is terrified of being buried alive during one of his attacks. His fears are ignored by his family and so he returns to murder them, one by one. Dang doi lai ming (aka 21 1984 Hong- Drama Nam is the young, attractive daughter of a wealthy merchant, and suffers painful, disabling seizures. The story follows the development of a love triangle between Nam, Keung Hong Kong 1941; Waiting for Kong and Fay as the three characters attempt to escape from Hong Kong following the Japanese take over of Hong Kong in 1941. Dawn; Waiting for Daybreak) Deceiver (aka Liar) 22 1997 USA Thriller Wayland has epilepsy, is a heavy drinker, and a compulsive liar. His seizures lead to periods of amnesia and bouts of heavy violence. He is accused of murdering of a prostitute whose body was found cut in two in the park. Drugstore Cowboy* 9 1989 USA Drama An unglamorised story of drug addition. A gang of addicts roam the country robbing pharmacies to support their habit. In one robbery a female character feigns a seizure to create a diversion. Face-Off* 10 1997 USA Thriller Dramatic plastic surgery results in a good and bad guy adopting each other’s faces. The race is on to find a bomb. One of the characters fakes a seizure as a distraction in the action. Fight for Life 23 1987 USA Drama An Ohio optometrist campaigns to get the USA FDA to approve sodium valproate (which is only licensed for use in the UK at the time), for his 6-year-old adopted daughter who suffers disabling seizures. Fighting Choice 24 1986 USA Drama A teenager’s attempts to sue his parents for the right to have “split brain” surgery in order to cure his seizures. First Do no Harm 25 1997 USA Drama A mother’s battle with the medical profession over the ketogenic diet. Several of the minor characters in this film are portrayed by people with epilepsy, who have been helped by the ketogenic diet. Frankie and Johnny 26 1991 USA Drama An ex-convict gets a job as a chef in a restaurant and falls in love with the troubled waitress. A customer has a generalised seizure in the restaurant, bringing the two together in a first aid attempt. Hong Se Lain Ren 27 1998 China Drama The hero of this Chinese epic, Jin is an underground revolutionary who has post-traumatic epilepsy. His girlfriend, Qiuqui, shoots her father, the violent head of the secret police. Jin offers to give himself up in exchange for commuting Qiuqiu’s death sentence. Il Grande Cocomero* 28 1993 France Drama After many years of unsuccessful treatment for her supposed epileptic seizures, Valentina meets a young psychiatrist who uses a family therapy approach to discover the true nature of (aka La Grande Citrouille, and Italy her disorder. The Great Pumpkin, La Grosse Pastèque) JFK* 29 1991 USA Drama Dramatisation of the conspiracy theories surrounding the events leading up to and following the assassination of John F Kennedy. The film suggests that a man may have faked a generalised convulsion as a distraction prior to the assassination. The ambulance called to the scene never arrived at the hospital. King of the Hill 30 1993 USA Drama The story of Aaron, a 12-year old boy growing up in the 1930s. His Mother has been committed to an asylum and his travelling salesman Father leaves him for long periods. He forms a relationship with Ella, but their first adolescent fumblings towards intimacy are interrupted by her have a seizure. La Storia (aka History) 31 1985 Spain, War Drama A Jewish mother endeavours to conceal her identity during the Mussolini years, 1941–47. She is raped and impregnated by a German soldier and bears a son with epilepsy. The France, family go on to suffer greatly during the war. and Italy La vie de Jesus (aka the 32 1997 France Drama Freddy, who has epilepsy, leads a gang of disaffected youths in a northern French town. The film is a very depressing picture of their cruel, bleak lives. The gang eventually commit a Life of Jesus) racist murder. Laia 33 1971 Spain Drama This drama recounts the life of Laia as she awaits the return of her husband from a sea voyage, unsure whether her lover has killed him as she requested. The film depicts Laia’s tomboy girlhood and struggle with epilepsy. It also tells the story of her affair and of the birth and death of her child. THE LANCET Neurology Vol 2 December 2003 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03TLN8005webtable.pdf For personal use. Only reproduce with permission from The Lancet. Let Him Have It 31 1991 UK Drama Based on an infamous miscarriage of British justice, Derek Bentley sustained head injuries during the Blitz and developed post-traumatic epilepsy. He subsequently became involved in an armed robbery that resulted in the fatal shooting of a policeman. Although he did not pull the trigger, he was tried for murder and hanged in 1953. This case was pivotal in the subsequent abolition of the death penalty in the UK. 46 years after he was hanged, Derek Bentley was granted a full pardon in 1998. Lighthouse (aka Dead of 36 1999 UK Horror Extremely gory horror film featuring a number of shipwreck victims who are decapitated one by one by a fellow survivor, a deranged madman who has epilepsy. Night) Mean Streets 36 1973 USA Gangster Set in New York, Charlie is a small time gangster who works in “debt collection” for his uncle, but who is ambivalent about his work. His uncle disapproves of Charlie’s girlfriend because she has epilepsy. Megaville 37 1990 USA Science Set in the future, it is only possible to enjoy television and film in a place called Megaville. A cop begins to suffer vivid hallucinatory “seizures” apparently due to exposure to this illegal Fiction media. However it becomes clear that his memories have been tampered with. Mesmer 38 1997 USA/UK Drama Dramatised account of Franz Anton Mesmer, the 18th-century Austrian physician, who gave his name to “mesmerise”. A blind musician, Maria Theresa Paradies falls for him after he calms her following a seizure at a concert. Night Mother 39 1986 USA Drama A Mother tries to prevent her adult daughter who has epilepsy, in addition to a myriad of other social problems from committing suicide. Night Unto Night 40 1949 USA Drama Ronald Reagan stars as a young scientist suffering from epilepsy. He falls in love with a young widow and they both contend with their private difficulties as they struggle to make the relationship work. Ronald Reagan Played characters with epilepsy in two films during his career. See also The Winning Team. Oesters van Nam Kee 41 2002 Nether- Drama A young man, Berry meets an exotic woman, Thera who is out of his league. They have a brief relationship but he becomes obsessed when she tries to end the relationship. Thera has (aka Oysters at Nam Kees) lands epilepsy. One Flew Over he 42 1975 USA Drama Two of the patients have epilepsy in this famous tale of the vindictive regime in a secure psychiatric hospital. Sefelt has a seizure because he hates being medicated, and gives his Cuckoos Nest medicine to Fredrickson, who is so afraid of seizures he overmedicates. Othello* 43 1965 UK Drama Othello suffers a seizure in a jealous rage. In all, there have been 26 cinematic versions of Othello ranging from 1907 to 2003.
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